National Concert Hall
Ireland's national concert venue on Earlsfort Terrace, home of the National Symphony Orchestra.
The National Concert Hall occupies a building on Earlsfort Terrace that began life as the Winter Garden of the Dublin International Exhibition of 1865, designed by Alfred Gresham Jones. From 1908 the site was taken over by University College Dublin, and the present granite front was built to designs by Rudolph Maximilian Butler around 1914. When the university moved to Belfield, the great hall was converted into a concert venue and opened in September 1981.
The main auditorium seats roughly 1,200 and is the home of the National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland. Smaller spaces include the Kevin Barry Recital Room and the John Field Room, used for chamber music, recitals and talks. The programme mixes orchestral and choral concerts with jazz, traditional Irish music, popular song and spoken word, and the hall also runs an extensive learning and participation programme.
Highlights
- Home of the National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland
- Built as the Winter Garden of the 1865 Dublin Exhibition
- Kevin Barry Recital Room for chamber music and recitals
- Programme spanning classical, jazz, traditional and popular music
